Coin-operated vending-machine.



No; 776,893. PATENTED DEC. 6, 1904.

- A. B. DAVIS.

COIN OPERATED VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOF FILED JUNE 8, 1903.

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No. 776,893. PATENTED DEG. 6,1904; A. B. DAVIS.

COIN OPERATED VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 8, 1903 N0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-BHEHT 2.

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No. 776,893. E PATENTED DEC. 6, 1904. A. B. DAVIS.

COIN OPERATED VENDING MACHINE.

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ALVAH B. DAVIS, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

COIN-OPERATED VENDING-IVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,893, dated December6, 1904.

Application filed June 8,1903. Serial No. 160,583. [No model.)

To all] whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, A vAu B. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and Stateof Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coirr.

The fork is connected with the push-button and with the lever of thedrawer, so when the fork is pressed against the coin it is lifted by theedge of the coin and pushes the drawer to the outside, at the same timeallowing the coin to pass. When the button is pressed without insertinga coin in the tube, the fork will be pressed into the notch of the tube,whereby the drawer is locked.

The object of my invention is to furnish a simple device of acoin-operated vending-machine of non-liability to get out of order. Iattain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section on line Z Z of Fig. 4.Fig. 2 is an enlarged part of the cointube, showing the coin resting onthe fork.

Fig. 3 is a sectional top view on line W WV of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a frontelevation of the entire double machine, part of the front taken off toshow the inside, on a section, on line X X of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is asectional top view on line Y Y of Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar partsthroughout the several views.

A is a double vending-machine box which represents in its upper part ashow-case B for exhibiting the articles which are packed up in cartonsand are sold in their respective compartments of the machine.

U is the compartment of the vending-machine to receive the cartons D.

E represents drawers Without bottom which rest and slide on twohorizontal guides F. They at the same time prevent the cartons fromfalling through the drawers. A guide bracket G- is fastened with one endto the bottom of the back of the drawer and with the other end hinged tothe upper arm of a lever H. Through the center of the bracket (-lr goesa guide-rod .l which is fastened on its ends to the box A. The lever Hpivots in brackets K, which are fastened to the back of the box A, withthe lower arm hinged to a fork L as well as to pushing-rod M. This forkL passes with its tines over the coin-tube N, at which point the tubehas in its front a yertical opening with a notch O, as illustrated inFigs. 3 and 4:, and rests with its shank on the lower part of the notch,so when the fork is pressed against the tube the shank of the fork goesinto the notch, which prevents the fork from being lifted and also themoving of lever H and drawer E to the outside.

When a coin is dropped into the tube, the coin will go so far down thetube till it is stopped by the shank of the fork, and when the fork ispressed against the tube the visible edge of the coin will not allow thefork to go into the notch 0, but will lift the fork and allow therewiththe lower arm of the lever H to come near the tube, whereby the upperarm of lever H moves the drawer E to the outside and allows thecontents, or the carton D, of the drawer E to drop on the table 1 of thevending-machine.

The drawer E carries in the upper part of its back a roller Q, whichallows the drawer to be easily moved under the pressure of the cartonson top of the carton in the drawer, and to prevent the upper cartonsfrom sliding down in the rear when the drawer moves to the front a pairof spring-arms R are located in a recess in the back board of thecompartment C, and as the drawer moves to the front the spring-arms Rwill follow the roller Q and hold up the upper cartons. Another lever,S, is hinged with its upper end to the pushingrod M and with its lowerend to a slot T, which slides in grooves on a slant plane and is thebottom of a box U. This box is fastened to the front board of thevending-machine, where a glass is inserted to expose to the sight thecontents of the box, and in the top of the box terminates the coin-tube,so the box will re ceive all coins passing through the tube.

WVhen the pushing-rod is pressed, the lever S Will raise the bottomslatTand let drop the contents of the box U in the money-drawer V, atthe same time closing the mouth of the cointube with the angle-strip 2/,and when the pushing-rod is released the coin in the tube Will drop intothe boX U, to be exposed to the sight until the next operation, thisdetecting any bogus coin put in the vending-machine.

Having fully described my invention, What 1 do claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 1n a vending apparatus, the combination With a casing, of a leverfulcrumed intermediate its length Within said casing, a push-rodconnecting to said lever near the lower end thereof, a package-dischargemember secured near the opposite end of said lever, cushioning means forretaining said discharge member in its normal position, a fork pivotallysecured to said push-rod and lever, and means for preventing movement ofsaid fork and subsequently of said lever.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with acasing, of a coin-tube having a notch positioned Within said casing, abracket secured Within said casing, a lever fulcrumed intermediate itslength upon said bracket, a push-rod movably connected to said levernear the lower end thereof, a fork pivotally connected to the lower endof said lever and normally in engagement with the notched portion ofsaid coin-tube for preventing movement of said lever, andcarton-engaging means movably secured to the opposite end of said lever.

Signed at San Antonio, Texas, this 25th day of May, 1903.

ALVAH B. DAVIS. Witnesses:

EMIL BEHRENS, XV. C. W nsT.

